National Grid Corporation of the Philippines

National Grid Corporation of the Philippines
Company typePrivate company
IndustryElectric utility
FoundedJanuary 15, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-01-15)
HeadquartersPower Center, Quezon Avenue corner Senator Miriam P. Defensor-Santiago Avenue (BIR Road), Diliman, Quezon City 1100, Metro Manila, Philippines (main)
Bonaventure Plaza, Ortigas Avenue, San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines (alternate/secondary)
Key people
Websitewww.ngcp.ph

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is a privately owned corporation that was established on January 15, 2009, through RA 9511. It is a consortium of three corporations, namely Monte Oro Grid Resources Corporation, Calaca High Power Corporation, and the State Grid Corporation of China.

As the franchise holder and transmission service provider, it is in charge of operating, maintaining, and developing the country's power grid and its related assets and facilities,[1] controls the supply and demand of power by determining the power mix through the selection of power plants to put online (i.e., to signal power plants to produce power, as power plants will only produce power or feed their power to the transmission grid when directed by NGCP), and updates the daily power situation outlook for Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao power grids (which can be seen on its Facebook page as well as on the business section of newspapers since March 2011 such as The Philippine Star, Philippine Daily Inquirer, and Manila Bulletin) by determining the available generating capacity, system peak demand, and operating margin (with operating margin is determined by subtracting the available generating capacity and system peak demand, and all of which are in units of MW or megawatts).

As a common carrier, it must provide non-discriminatory access to its transmission system. It is subject to the standards set by the Philippine Grid Code and the Transmission Development Plan.

  1. ^ "Corporate Profile - National Grid Corporation of the Philippines: The Company". ngcp.ph. Archived from the original on January 6, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2020.